[Vm-dev] Re: Resources directory in SecurityPlugin

[Bert Freudenberg]

*bump*

Andreas, John?

- Bert -

On 27.05.2009, at 00:38, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> When running Etoys inside a web browser, the file sandbox is  
> preventing access to all files outside the "Etoys" working directory  
> (a.k.a. "untrusted user directory"). That means we cannot open help  
> guides or switch languages or access examples or the sources file etc.
>
> Proposed solution: In the SecurityPlugin, allow read-only file to a  
> "resource" directory (in addition to read-write access to the  
> "untrusted user directory"). The default for this resource directory  
> would be the image directory.
>
> I did it for Unix, you can find a diff attached to the Etoys ticket:
>
> http://tracker.squeakland.org/browse/SQ-241
>
> Basically, the writeFlag is now passed down to  
> isAccessiblePathName(), and in case it's read-only, it allows access  
> to the resource dir (which is configurable but defaulting to the  
> image path).
>
> Any chance to get the same behavior implemented on Mac and Win VMs,  
> too? Thanks :)
>
> - Bert -